Words › JLPT N3 › 握る

握る: to clasp

握にぎる nigiru

to clasp; to grasp; to make (nigirizushi, rice ball, etc.); to form; to seize (power, etc.); to take hold of

JLPT N3Everyday actions

to grasp; to hold

JLPT N3Other

雷かみなりを受うけた腕うでが痺しびれて、剣けんを握にぎれない。

My arm, hit by lightning, has gone numb and I can't grip my sword.

Before the surgery, my mother held my hand.